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From PGA to 6A: 2 Utah teenagers lead state meet 72 hours after Black Desert debut
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Oct. 15 - 6:52 a.m.
It's been a whirlwind for Lone Peak senior Kihei Akina and Corner Canyon's Bowen Mauss, who rank 1-2 at the Utah 6A boys golf championships just 72 hours after finishing their PGA Tour debuts at the Black Desert Championship in Ivins.
Matt McCarty goes from Korn Ferry to Masters with title at Utah's 1st PGA Tour event in 61 years
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Oct. 13 - 8:36 p.m.
The rookie who won three times on the Korn Ferry Tour to earn instant promotion in August to professional golf's highest level to finish two shots clear of the inaugural title at the Black Desert Championship.
Matt McCarty takes lead at Black Desert in his 2nd PGA Tour start
The Associated Press | Posted Oct. 12 - 6:40 p.m.
Matt McCarty took a two-stroke lead into the final round in his second PGA Tour start, shooting a 7-under 64 on Saturday in the inaugural Black Desert Championship.
Mike Weir hopes Black Desert Championship inspires new generation of Utah golfers; he is, too
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Oct. 10 - 8:31 p.m.
The former BYU golf star and 2003 Masters champion carded 3-under-par 68 to finish tied for 42nd after Thursday's opening round of the Black Desert Championship in Ivins, Utah.
Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah
Doug Ferguson, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 10 - 8:37 a.m.
There's a buzz in the Beehive State as the PGA Tour returns to Utah for the first time in 61 years with the Black Desert Championship. Most of that buzz is for the golf course.
Utah's 1st national PGA Tour event in 60 years will have a distinct local flair
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Oct. 8 - 8:44 p.m.
The two Utah-born golfers both graduated from Fremont High and began their pro careers at roughly the same time.
St. George native Jay Don Blake to hit career milestone in PGA Tour's return to Utah
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Sept. 17 - 3:09 p.m.
For more than a year, Jay Don Blake has been stuck on the cusp of a career milestone. The St. George native will reach it next month in the PGA Tour's first event in Utah in more than 60 years.
Former Masters champ among local exemptions for PGA's Black Desert Championship
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Sept. 12 - 2:34 p.m.
Utah residents Mike Weir, Zac Blair, Peter Kuest, Patrick Fishburn, Jay Don Blake and Kihei Akina will compete in the inaugural Black Desert Championship in Ivins.
Colorado's Derek Fribbs uses 3-hole run to hold off Patrick Fishburn for 2nd Utah Open title
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Aug. 18 - 5:43 p.m.
Fribbs shot a course-record 61, including three-straight 3-shot finishes on hole Nos. 13, 14 and 15 for a 54-hole total of 19-under-par 197 en route to win his second Siegfried and Jensen Utah Open title in four years.
First-year pro Karl Vilips storms to Utah Championship win in 4th tour start
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Aug. 4 - 5:31 p.m.
Vilips shot 5-under-par 66 Sunday to finish at 25-under and in his first Korn Ferry Tour title at Oakridge Country Club by two strokes.
With mission call in hand, BYU's Cooper Jones proving he can compete on Korn Ferry Tour
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Aug. 3 - 6:31 p.m.
Playing in his third Korn Ferry Tour event in his home state, Jones shot 5-under-par 66 Saturday to move into a tie for 18th at 14-under in the Utah Championship at Oakridge Country Club.
Kihei Akina's Utah Championship debut has gone as well as expected, but he's not done yet
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Aug. 2 - 8:15 p.m.
There were no eagles as the 18-year-old rising senior at Lone Peak slid under the cutline with a 2-under-par 69 Friday at the Utah Championship.
Local golfers have a day at Utah Championship, led by Daniel Summerhays and Kihei Akina
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Aug. 1 - 8:32 p.m.
Knowledge of Oakridge Country Club hasn't always played a role in the Utah Championship, the state's lone stop on the Korn Ferry Tour in Farmington.
The golfers with Utah ties competing in this year's Utah Championship
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted July 31 - 2:26 p.m.
Several of this year's "stars of tomorrow" at t his year's Utah Championship will be homegrown, including three sponsors' exemptions and four Monday qualifiers.
Set for 6: Kelsey Chugg holds off rising star Ali Mulhall for 6th Utah women's amateur title
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted July 27 - 2:12 p.m.
Chugg held off rising star Ali Mulhall with a 30-foot putt to set up a tap-in par on the 18th hole, clinching her sixth women's state amateur title Saturday with a 1-up victory at TalonsCove Golf Club.
Rising star Ali Mulhall advances to women's amateur final vs. 5-time champ Kelsey Chugg
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted July 26 - 5:21 p.m.
The 18-year-old golf prodigy who plays out of Black Desert Resort in Hurricane held off 2020 champion Grace Summerhays in a 19-hole thriller Friday afternoon at TalonsCove Golf Club.
Utah Tech's Anderson co-medalist with Black Desert's Mulhall at 118th Utah women's amateur
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted July 24 - 6:41 p.m.
The Trailblazers' rising junior shot 7-under-par 65 with seven birdies and no bogeys — the first of her career, she says — to tie for medalist honors with Black Desert athlete Ali Mulhall.
Cole Ponich holds off BYU teammate Cooper Jones for 126th Utah state amateur championship
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted July 13 - 6:19 p.m.
After leading by as many as five holds and never trailing, BYU golfer Cole Ponich held off freshman teammate Cooper Jones for a 2 and 1 win.
Utah golf: Trio of Utahns contend on 3 different Tours
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted June 23 - 4:46 p.m.
The Rose Park native who lives in Lehi shot 66 to finished tied for fifth with a four-day total of 18-under-par 262 at TPC Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.
California standout rallies from 3-down to win inaugural UGA girls' junior state amateur
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted June 19 - 2:19 p.m.
Ashley Gettleman rallied from a 3-hole deficit to upset top-seeded Aadyn Long, 2 and 1, Wednesday and claim the inaugural Utah girls' junior amateur championship.
Crimson Cliffs grad Lincoln Markham pulls away for Utah junior amateur championship
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted June 19 - 2:15 p.m.
The BYU signee rallied from a second-hole deficit to take a 3-up lead after six holes and never let up en route to a 7 and 6 win over Morgan's Lance Loughton to clinch the inaugural Utah junior amateur title.
Tony Finau's Sunday rally comes up short as DeChambeau wins 2nd US Open title
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted June 16 - 5:48 p.m.
The Rose Park native fired his best round of the U.S. Open when the father of five shot 3-under-par 67 to finish tied for third and two shots back of his first major title Sunday at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina.
Unlucky 13: Tony Finau's 'pretty good' 3rd round undone by triple bogey at US Open
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted June 15 - 6:44 p.m.
Spurred by a triple bogey on the par-4, 368-yard 13th hole, Tony Finau shot 2-over-par 72 to fall into a tie for seventh place.
Utahns Tony Finau, Zac Blair survive cut among top 10 at US Open
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted June 14 - 7:09 p.m.
Tony Finau picked several spots to iron out his aggression, and found himself in contention through 36 holes of the U.S. Open.
